2014 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship

The 2014 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 114th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1887. The championship began on 25 April 2014 and ended on 5 October 2014.

Passage are the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the quarter-final stages.^[1] Ballygunner won the title following a 2–16 to 0–9 defeat of Mount Sion in the final, having remained undefeated during the whole championship campaign.^[2] Ardmore were relegated having lost all their group games and the relegation play-off.

Teams

Overview

All but one of the twelve teams from the 2013 championship are participated in the top tier of Waterford hurling in 2014.

Ardmore, who defeated Dunhill by 0–23 to 2–13 in the final of the intermediate championship in 2013, availed of their right to automatic promotion to the senior championship.^[3]

Similarly, Roanmore defeated An Rinn by 3–15 to 3–9 in the 2013 relegation play-off, and so An Rinn were relegated to the intermediate grade for 2014.^[4]

Fixtures and results

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Ag.	Diff.	Pts.
1	De La Salle	5	4	0	1	8-77	5-57	29	8
2	Passage	5	2	2	1	8-78	6-78	6	6
3	Abbeyside	5	3	0	2	6-80	7-72	5	6
4	Lismore	5	1	2	2	9-60	8-75	-12	4
5	Fourmilewater	5	1	1	3	2-74	7-68	-9	3
6	Roanmore	5	1	1	3	6-58	6-77	-19	3

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	For	Ag.	Diff.	Pts.
1	Ballygunner	5	5	0	10-109	6-60	61	10
2	Dungarvan	5	4	1	10-90	6-73	29	8
3	Mount Sion	5	3	2	7-88	7-64	24	6
4	Tallow	5	2	3	8-55	6-91	-30	4
5	Ballyduff Upper	5	1	4	4-72	10-82	-29	2
6	Ardmore	5	0	5	7-58	11-101	-55	0

Relegation play-off

4 September 2014 Relegation play-off

Fourmilewater

2-20 - 0-12

Ardmore

Quarter-finals

5 September 2014 Quarter-final

De La Salle

1-16 - 2-9

Tallow

Fraher Field

6 September 2014 Quarter-final

Dungarvan

4-10 - 2-14

Passage

14 September 2014 Quarter-final

Abbeyside

1-21 - 0-15

Mount Sion

Walsh Park

14 September 2014 Quarter-final

Ballygunner

3-20 - 2-12

Lismore

Walsh Park

Semi-finals

20 September 2014 Semi-final	De La Salle	0-16 - 2-17	Mount Sion	Walsh Park
17:30

21 September 2014 Semi-final	Dungarvan	1-12 - 0-17	Ballygunner	Fraher Field
19:00

Final

5 October 2014 Final	Mount Sion	0-9 - 2-16	Ballygunner	Walsh Park
15:30	M. O’Neill 0-7 (fs); R. Roche, I. Galgey 0-1 each.	Report	Padraic Mahony 0-10 (0-7 fs, 0-1 65); Brian O’Sullivan 2-2; JJ Hutchinson 0-2; Barry O’Sullivan and H. Barnes 0-1 each.	Attendance: 3,206 Referee: M Curran

External links

References

^ Moynihan, Michael (14 October 2013). "Passage dream comes true". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
^ "O'Sullivan double puts Ballygunner back on top of Waterford hurling". The Score. 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
^ Fanning, Phil (15 October 2013). "Prendergast points Ardmore back to senior ranks". Waterford News & Star. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
^ "An Rinn make the drop". Hogan Stand website. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

[1] Moynihan, Michael (14 October 2013). "Passage dream comes true". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2013.

[2] "O'Sullivan double puts Ballygunner back on top of Waterford hurling". The Score. 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

[3] Fanning, Phil (15 October 2013). "Prendergast points Ardmore back to senior ranks". Waterford News & Star. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

[4] "An Rinn make the drop". Hogan Stand website. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

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